Estimated Reading Time: 3 MinutesIssue Microsoft has gifted us with a bonus in the October 2023 updates that adds a feature to Windows Server 2022 known as ‘Azure Arc Setup’. It shows up on the ‘start’ menu as “Azure [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesIssue After installation of Windows Updates (Oct 2023) stand-alone, random Hyper-V VM’s fail to start with error: Synthetic SCSI Controller (ID): failed to power on with error ‘incorrect function’ Attachment <filename.vhdx> failed to open because [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 4 MinutesCritical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Operating Systems (January 2020) Summary: On January 14, 2020, Microsoft released software fixes to address 49 vulnerabilities as part of their monthly Patch Tuesday announcement. Among the vulnerabilities patched were [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesThe BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708) Vulnerability Quick Summary A recently discovered, critical, flaw affecting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in multiple versions of Microsoft Windows has been discovered. Both Microsoft and the Department Of Homeland Security strongly urges [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesMicrosoft Windows Defender Dialog Popups Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 can all use Windows Defender, the free virus protection from Microsoft. Normally pop-ups from the program would easily handled, for example [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesRemote Desktop Connection Fails With CredSSP Encryption Error Updated: 06-25-2018 to include Windows 7 information. After applying the 2018-05 security update for Windows 7, Windows 10/Server 2016, you may notice remote desktop to some servers [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 3 MinutesWindows 10 Creators Update (1709) Hangs At 82% Yesterday, I took in a customer computer that hung on Windows Updates. The Windows 10 1607 release was installed and working fine (an UPGRADE from the previous [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 5 MinutesInternet Explorer Fails To Open After Upgrade To Windows 10 v1709 Note: Windows 10 v1709 is also known as OS Build 16299.125 * Clicking any image in this article will make it larger * Issue [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesBoot Microsoft Surface Laptop From USB The Microsoft Surface Laptop has a built in keyboard, but still follows the same process as Surface Pro units to boot from USB devices. The hotkeys <POWER> and <VOL [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 4 MinutesWindows 10 Sysprep Was Not Able To Validate Your Windows Installation If you have built a Windows 10 reference (master) machine and you are ready to sysprep, but upon running sysprep, you are presented with [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesFingerprint And PIN Options Unavailable In Windows 10 Update 1607 After installing Windows 10 Professional (Pro) or Enterprise (Ent) the PIN and fingerprint sign-in options are unavailable (greyed out) and the buttons are disabled. This [Read More…]
Estimated Reading Time: 2 MinutesWindows 7 Takes Forever To Check For Updates In Windows 7, if you have not updated for a long time (been offline) or freshly re-installed from an older CD/DVD or thumbdrive – you may notice [Read More…]
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